Example sentences of "have been too long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although insufficient to provide the full service , these bogie cars were worked hard on the main line and sometimes worked to Thornton Heath but never to Addiscombe or Penge , where they might have been too long for some of the passing loops on these lines . |
| 2 | Some of these were intended to cover such large areas ( 150 metres by 60 ) that they had to be woven in situ , since they would have been too long and far too heavy to transport to the building , and certainly could not have been manoeuvred through its maze of passages . |
| 3 | Poetry had been too long and too harshly divided from prose . ’ |
| 4 | They had been too long from the bright lights . |
| 5 | Six months had been too long and she wanted to be home . |
| 6 | Everyone had the World Cup on their lips , the advertising ratings were very healthy — even if the structure of a team which had been too long in the comfort-zone was less than robust . |
| 7 | True , he had struggled at first to satisfy his beautiful young bride ; he had been too long a bachelor and too set in his ways . |
| 8 | It was early evening and the day had been too long . |
| 9 | The family were kind and well-meaning , but they could not help , they had been too long in Brickley . |
| 10 | She had been too long the creature of thought , and now she had seen . |
| 11 | ‘ You 've been too long in the service of the Devil , ’ Corbett joked . |
| 12 | ‘ Maybe I 've been too long with this screwy outfit ; I 'm beginning to believe that stuff they are handing out from the New York office . |
| 13 | Allegedly , most PAR reports have been too long and complicated , suffering from data and conceptual problems . |
| 14 | ‘ I have been too long in your service , ’ Ranulf grumbled . |